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Host Scott Yoo and pianist John Novacek discuss Copland’s career as a film composer. Copland was a firm believer in “less is more” in terms of scoring, an idea that can be heard in scores today. To ...

Host Scott Yoo and Cantor Daniel Mutlu discuss how Aaron Copland may have drawn inspiration from his Jewish roots and Cantor Mutlu performs “Mipnei Ma,” the source material for Copland’s “Vitebsk.” ...

“In those days,” Aaron Copland once said of his early studies, “music was like the inside of a great building that shut out the street noises.” Later Copland was to do more than any other composer of ...

Conductor Marin Alsop examines the rarely heard music from early in Aaron Copland's career. With an ear toward Copland's bold and sometimes jazzy... Copland: Early Music From America's Composer ...